The "New Member with Specific Project" Problem

Hey everyone. I have a question. What do I do when there is a new volunteer for the ling team and he wants to translate a specific project (CID in this case) but the initial translation is already done? Should I guide him through proofreading - however I have to know if he can do it - or should I suggest him other projects which need initial translation? Thanks in advance!

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If the person really wants to do a certain project, then my thought would be to encourage him/her to satisfy this passion. So I would offer them to make a proofreading and then we can do a diff and together take a look at what was changed and how appropriate the changes were.

But my first thought would be to suggest to the person to take another project that isn't already translated. The above suggestion is more for the case when the person really knows what s/he wants to work on.

Yes, the person really knows what he wants to work on. He is a friend of mine who and saw the Culture in Decline series and he told me "You know what? How about translating these? The world has to know these things!"

Lizar, what is a "diff"? Also what do you mean by " together take a look at what was changed and how appropriate the changes were'?

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Lizar, what is a "diff"? Also what do you mean by " together take a look at what was changed and how appropriate the changes were'?

This is a tool to create a diff: http://www.diffchecker.com/
If you download the SRT before the new volunteer starts proofreading, you can compare the changes applied by him with the previous version. The diff will help you to find and focus on only those differences applied. Even though another proofreading round of the whole thing is safer. It depends.

Also what do you mean by " together take a look at what was changed and how appropriate the changes were'?

I mean that you can have a meeting with the person and in that meeting go over the changes that he made during his proofreading (if that is what he'll do). The idea is to discuss the changes that he made, and, most of all, to share some of your experience with him.

Thanks for the response, helps. It really helps. About what Nomada wrote, we have 2 rounds of proofreading and I am responsible for the final review or "proofview", so I guess a diff is not needed in this case, since I know this person. However, it would be very helpful in cases we do not know if a guy may destroy our work or not. Thanks! Lizard, I am taking your advice. This guy is a friend of mine and we live very close, so I will have regular meetings with him to go through this together.

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